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Pregnancy in patients with rheumatic diseases: obstetric management and monitoring

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, ware.branch{at}hsc.utah.edu

The obstetric management of the pregnant rheumatic patient is largely dictated by the specific disease and the degree to which it is associated with recognizable and treatable adverse obstetric outcomes, maternal or fetal. This review will cover the obstetric management of women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc). Most experts agree that a co-ordinated management effort on the part of obstetricians and rheumatologists will likely yield the optimal achievable results.

Key Words: antiphospholipid syndrome • fetal surveillance testing • obstetric complications • pregnancy

Lupus, Vol. 13, No. 9, 696-698 (2004)
DOI: 10.1191/0961203303lu1090oa


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